6 Car Games For Adults To Keep You Laughing During Your Memorial Day Road Trip

ZWICKAU, GERMANY - AUGUST 23: A Chihuahua dog waits inside a Trabant 601 car as fans of the East German Trabant car gather for their 7th annual get-together on August 23, 2014 in Zwickau, Germany. Hundreds of Trabant enthusiasts arrived to spend the weekend admiring each others cars, trading stories and enjoying activities. The Trabant, dinky and small by modern standards, was the iconic car produced in former communist East Germany and today has a strong cult following. (Photo by Matthias Rietschel/Getty Images)Source:
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Memorial Day is the perfect chance to grab your friends and get
away for the long weekend. And don’t worry, there is still time for you to
take a last
minute trip out of town! Many of you are probably planning to spend at
least part of your weekend on a road trip to your destination — and I have some
fun car
game ideas for all you adults that will help the miles fly by.

When I was a kid, there were few
things better than getting to spend a few uninterrupted hours playing Pokemon
on my Gameboy, grooving to the latest NOW! CD, or playing tiny board games with
my sister. But now, most of us spend our car trips either driving, or glued to
our phones the whole time. That’s perfectly fine — we all know how important
car selfies are. But isn’t taking a holiday road trip with your friends also an
opportunity to, I don’t know, actually talk to your friends?

I think we all have a good time playing games like Cards
Against Humanity, but it’s hard to play in a cramped car while one of us is
responsible for keeping the rest of us alive. So, play a few games that will
have you laughing, and let you keep your eyes on the road (and yeah, take lots
of selfies).

1. Never Have I Ever

This is usually a drinking game, but since safety and not
getting arrested comes first, leave the alcohol until you arrive at your Memorial Day
getaway. Instead, play
the game as you usually would (if you have ever, take a drink), but with
water, juice, soda, or whatever your drink of choice is. First one to have to use
the bathroom, loses.

2. Swear Jar

Decide on a common word that will be off limits for the
duration of the car trip. It doesn’t have to be a swear word, just a common
word that everyone will use at least once during normal conversation. Try words
like bathroom, cow, phone, etc. to try and trip people up. You can use real
money, or have the offending passenger write their name on a scrap of paper and
put it in the jar. The person with the most money or names in the jar has to
buy the car a round of drinks at your destination, fill up the gas tank, or do something else of your choosing.

3. License Plate Game

Similar to good ol’ “Slug Bug,” every time you spot an out-of-state
license plate, you can hit everyone else in the car. If you’re traveling
with your significant other, you can turn the punches into caresses, instead.
This game is perfect if you’re traveling to a tourist destination like
Disneyland or Las Vegas.

4. Would You Rather?

We all know this game. Everyone takes turns asking whether
the others would do something or another. Feel free to make it as gross,
weird, and horrible as possible.

5. Story Time

Pick another car on the road, preferably one with a few
passengers. Don’t be a creeper, but everyone in your car should at least get
one good look at everyone. Once you’ve seen them, take turns deciding who these
people are. Maybe they’re ex-circus performers on the run from the mob. Maybe
they’re all sister wives on the way to a wedding. Whoever comes up with the
most outrageous/accurate/hilarious story, wins.

6. Colored Cars

Everyone in the car has to choose an unusual
color for a car (purple, yellow, mint green, etc.), and you get points for
every car of that color you see. You could also make the game interesting by
allowing passengers to steal points if they spot another passenger's color
first. Or, you know, you could hit each other every time you see your color, because adulthood.